Genus Phaeobacterium
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Phaeobacterium Nupur et al. 2015, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Phaeobacterium nitratireducens Nupur et al. 2015.
Etymology: Gr. adj. phaeos, brown; L. neut. n. bacterium, a stick, staff, rod; N.L. neut. n. Phaeobacterium, the brown rod.
Valid publication: NUPUR, TANUKU, N. R., SHINICHI, T. and PINNAKA, A. K. 2015. Phaeobacterium nitratireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a phototrophic gammaproteobacterium isolated from a mangrove forest sediment sample. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 2357-2364.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Phaeobacterium nitratireducens Nupur et al. 2015, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AK40=JCM 19219=MTCC 11824.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HF968497.
Etymology: N.L. n. nitras -atis, nitrate; L. part. adj. reducens, leading back, bringing back and, in chemistry, converting to a reduced oxidation state; N.L. part. adj. nitratireducens, reducing nitrate.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: NUPUR, TANUKU, N. R., SHINICHI, T. and PINNAKA, A. K. 2015. Phaeobacterium nitratireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a phototrophic gammaproteobacterium isolated from a mangrove forest sediment sample. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 2357-2364.
Original article in IJSEM Online